Articles by Date : November 01 2004 - November 30 2004

Pubmaster adds weight to Punch pre-tax profits
Punch Taverns unveiled a significant bounce in its pre-tax profits following its purchase of Pubmaster in 2003. more
(30 November 2004 19:15)

Fines for employing illegals
Restaurant owners have been warned about employing illegal immigrants, after three directors of a top Liverpool Chinese restaurant were fined a total.... more
(30 November 2004 19:14)

Courtyards go for £79m to partnership
Whitbread has sold its 11 Courtyard by Marriott hotels for £79m to a partnership of privately owned Kew Green Hotels and property investment firm.... more
(30 November 2004 19:13)

Dry-cleaning scam targets restaurants
Restaurants across the country are still being targeted by a dry-cleaning scam exposed by Caterer last week. more
(30 November 2004 19:08)

Private money bags Euro hotel bargains
The institutional investors seem to be shying away from the hotel market at the moment. James Paul looks at what this means for private equity funding more
(30 November 2004 19:01)

Last Supper
A last meal in a country house in the middle of the Scottish Highlands, at which he would arrive by luxury yacht - now there's a clever trick - would.... more
(30 November 2004 18:52)

Shane Osborn's, Starters
"I felt a bit let down that the food didn't more truly reflect Osborn's cooking at Pied … Terre" more
(30 November 2004 18:49)

Normandy House Hotel, Ottery
Ancient mariners and operators alike will be attracted to this week's property, a Georgian hotel in the east Devon town of Ottery St Mary, birthplace.... more
(30 November 2004 18:46)

Regional Spotlight: Lake District
The Lake District in Cumbria is a Mecca for tourists and fans of the outdoors, offering rich pickings for operators of hospitality businesses. more
(30 November 2004 18:40)

Comfort zone
Chocolate has always been a favourite indulgence, and whether you make your own desserts or buy them ready-made, puddings which feature it in any.... more
(30 November 2004 18:38)

Your Shout: Simon Hall, Fleurets
A view from the North, by Simon Hall, divisional director, Leeds office, chartered surveyor Fleurets more
(30 November 2004 18:36)

Unique helps boost Enterprise profits by one-third
A near-doubling in size, allied to organic like-for-like growth in its core pub estate, helped Enterprise Inns boost its annual profits by one third. more
(30 November 2004 17:15)

PWC boosts forecasts for recovery in hotel revpar
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has almost doubled its estimates for the recovery in revenue per available room (revpar) that the hotel sector can.... more
(30 November 2004 15:52)

Time for Tim
Yes, his dress sense is a bit unusual. Yes, he sounds like Bertie Wooster. Yes, he has discovered the secret of eternal youth. It all makes Tim.... more
(30 November 2004 15:51)

Let it be
Funding a fledgling hotel company can be difficult, especially if you don't want to burden yourself with masses of debt. But, as Samantha McClary.... more
(30 November 2004 15:45)

Hospitality bosses urged to use apprenticeships to plug skills gaps
Hospitality bosses should make better use of apprenticeships to tackle the ever-widening skills gap in the industry, claims the Learning and Skills.... more
(30 November 2004 15:41)

Cheers for cheese
British cheeseboards are groaning - with foreign cheeses. That may have been defensible in the past, but home-grown produce is now as good as.... more
(30 November 2004 15:40)

Palace in the sun
It's being dubbed the most expensive hotel ever built. So what is the Emirates Palace like? Jenny Webster takes a hard-hat sneak preview more
(30 November 2004 14:29)

Compass emerges from a challenging year
Trading issues in the UK, weak markets in Northern Europe and currency conversions all hit profits during what the Compass Group called a.... more
(30 November 2004 14:23)

Spreading their wings
Airport hotels are changing for the better - and the Radisson SAS at London's third airport, Stansted, is one of those leading the way. Jenny Webster.... more
(30 November 2004 14:07)

Clapham House buys Gourmet Burger Kitchen in £10m deal
Clapham House Group, the restaurant company set up by former PizzaExpress boss David Page, has made its third acquisition. more
(30 November 2004 12:44)

The burning issue
Cure for the blues in a rainbow nationSimon Wright more
(30 November 2004 12:37)

English apple pie soufflé
How to make a winter-warming English "apple pie" soufflé. more
(30 November 2004 12:36)

On the move
The former head chef of London's Groucho Club, Angela Dwyer, has opened her own restaurant in Snowdonia, North Wales, called the Peak Brasserie... more
(30 November 2004 12:33)

In Brief
Crackdown on drink over Christmas, Sodexho Rugby World Cup coup, London congestion charge probe, Brahim's grabs gold... more
(30 November 2004 12:25)

How I got here
Sam Laulajainen, manager, Cellars bar and restaurant, Landmark hotel, London more
(30 November 2004 12:25)

Smoking: What the papers said
Daily Mirror, Financial Times, Metro and The Guardian... more
(30 November 2004 12:23)

In the know
In this edition of Inside Hotels we catch up with some overseas developments more
(30 November 2004 12:16)

BaxterSmith and WSH join forces
Wilson Storey Halliday and BaxterSmith are joining forces to form BaxterStorey – it will become the biggest independent contract catering company in.... more
(30 November 2004 09:58)

Late payments
Andrew Burnham, a partner at chartered accountants and business advisers MacIntyre Hudson, looks at ways of combating late payments more
(29 November 2004 19:17)

Frank Stitt's Southern Table: recipes and gracious traditions from highlands bar and grill, Frank Stitt
"The book is laid out in large type and double spacing... all of which gives a sense of grandeur but simply makes it far bulkier than necessary" more
(29 November 2004 19:14)

Single-sourcing keeps it simple
Restricting the number of suppliers for a piece of equipment makes good business sense for Compass. Mick Morgan explains why more
(29 November 2004 19:10)

Inside track
Radisson Edwardian Hotels more
(29 November 2004 19:09)

Just Opened
Lilly's, Industry, Jurys Inn, Osteria dell'Arancio... more
(29 November 2004 19:08)

Food File
Fish, fresh produce, meat and how to use them... more
(29 November 2004 19:02)

Marston rethinks sale to launch investment plan
Hotel chain Marston is launching a major investment programme, including a new-build 120-bedroom hotel in Nottingham, after failing to attract a.... more
(29 November 2004 18:58)

Over to you
Should Scotland have different rules on smoking in public places to England and Wales? more
(29 November 2004 18:57)

Scotland outpaces UK Government in move towards smoking ban
Scotland announced radical plans to restrict smoking in all public places including pubs, restaurants and hotels earlier this week. more
(29 November 2004 18:55)

Pressure group seeks chip and PIN extension
The Forum of Private Business, a small business pressure group, has called for the deadline for chip-and-PIN machine installation to be extended.... more
(29 November 2004 18:55)

Berkshire train crash car driver was a chef
The man responsible for the Berkshire rail crash at a level-crossing near Reading was a chef at a local conference centre and golf club. more
(29 November 2004 18:51)

Record year for tourism on way
More than 26 million visitors are expected to descend on Britain this year, making it a record 12 months for tourism. more
(29 November 2004 18:50)

Johansens accolade for Glasgow's One Devonshire
Glasgow's One Devonshire Gardens scooped the Most Excellent City Hotel award in the 2005 Cond‚ Nast Johansens hotel awards. more
(29 November 2004 18:45)

Johnson swaps publishing for management role at Brown's
Stuart Johnson, publishing director at Cond‚ Nast Johansens, is returning to hotel management at Brown's hotel in central London. more
(29 November 2004 18:44)

Sign our petition right now
Caterer launched its campaign to Stub out Smoking in the workplace two months ago because we believe the health of hospitality workers needs to be.... more
(29 November 2004 18:39)

Manufacturers want more research on passive smoking
The health risks of second-hand smoke remain untested, according to a panel of medical experts at a Tobacco Manufacturers Association (TMA) seminar.... more
(29 November 2004 18:38)

M&C doubles third-quarter profits
Millennium & Copthorne's bullish third-quarter trading gave the hotel industry another boost last week. more
(29 November 2004 18:37)

How to...
...organise a corporate event more
(29 November 2004 18:36)

Hospitality says smoking compromise won't work
One of the Government's leaked proposals to combat smoking in public places has been attacked as unworkable by the hospitality industry and lobby.... more
(29 November 2004 18:35)

Monster bhaji claims record
A group of Indian chefs are celebrating after setting a new world record for making the largest onion bhaji. more
(29 November 2004 18:34)

Arora and Caring bag Wentworth?
The battle to buy the Wentworth golf club and hotel is about to be won by hotelier Surinder Arora and retail entrepreneur Richard Caring. more
(29 November 2004 18:29)